Fellow author Chuck Wendig posted a very solid
piece
several years ago on his blog about why authors shouldn't slag off other authors in reviews. It got me thinking: many authors don't review the works of others at all. Amazon has a policy against posting reviews of authors' work by other authors, which they enforce rather selectively. On the surface, a policy such as this seems fair: it's too easy for authors to fall into the trap of trading positive reviews with other authors to mutually boost ratings. This kind of abuse has very clearly happened, as has authors creating dummy accounts to post glowing reviews of their own work.
However, I feel it's still important for authors to call out work they particularly enjoyed...
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